| 1968 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Derek Morgan | ||
| County Championship | 8 | ||
| Gillette Cup | Round 2 | ||
| Most runs | David Smith | ||
| Most wickets | Harold Rhodes | ||
| Most catches | Bob Taylor | ||
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1968 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for ninety-seven years. In the County Championship, they won six matches to finish eighth in their sixty-fourth season in the Championship. They were eliminated in round 2 of the Gillette Cup.
Derbyshire played 28 games in the County Championship, one match against Cambridge University, and one against the touring Australians. They won six first class matches altogether. Derek Morgan was in his fourth season as captain and was top scorer. Harold Rhodes took most wickets.
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1 | 1 May 1968 [1] | Middlesex County Ground, Derby | Drawn | AB Jackson 6-30 | |
| 2 | 8 May 1968 [2] | Cambridge University FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge | Drawn | Underwood 6-54; HJ Rhodes 5-39 | |
| 3 | 11 May 1968 [3] | Kent Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend | Drawn | ||
| 4 | 15 May 1968 [4] | Surrey Kennington Oval | Drawn | HJ Rhodes 6-25 | |
| 5 | 19 May 1968 [5] | Warwickshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | Cartwright 6-76 | |
| 6 | 22 May 1968 [6] | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Won | 5 wickets | HJ Rhodes 5-99 |
| 7 | 29 May 1968 [7] | Sussex Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | E Smith 5-31 and 6-89; Snow 5-34 | |
| 8 | 01 Jun 1968 [8] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton | Drawn | Mohammad 100 | |
| 9 | 05 Jun 1968 [9] | Worcestershire Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster | Won | 21 runs | Holder 5-21; E Smith 5-37 |
| 10 | 08 Jun 1968 [10] | Northamptonshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | Milburn 100; TJP Eyre 5-57 | |
| 11 | 12 Jun 1968 [11] | Lancashire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | ||
| 12 | 15 Jun 1968 [12] | Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Lost | 3 wickets | |
| 13 | 19 Jun 1968 [13] | Worcestershire County Ground, Derby | Won | Innings and 110 runs | IR Buxton 5-8 and 6-25 |
| 14 | 22 Jun 1968 [14] | Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham | Drawn | ||
| 15 | 29 Jun 1968 [15] | Gloucestershire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Won | 9 wickets | MH Page 100; HJ Rhodes 5-42; Procter 6-43; E Smith 6-57 |
| 16 | 06 Jul 1968 [16] | Essex Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester | Drawn | DHK Smith 99 | |
| 17 | 10 Jul 1968 [17] | Somerset Recreation Ground, Bath | Abandoned | ||
| 18 | 17 Jul 1968 [18] | Lancashire Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport | Lost | 124 runs | Higgs 6-39 and 5-17; E Smith 5-100; Hughes 5-46 |
| 19 | 20 Jul 1968 [19] | Nottinghamshire Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost | 6 wickets | White 5-41 |
| 20 | 24 Jul 1968 [20] | Surrey Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston | Lost | 3 wickets | Harman 6-97 and 8-16; E Smith 5-70 |
| 21 | 27 Jul 1968 [21] | Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester | Drawn | DHK Smith 117; Marner 108; E Smith 5-70 | |
| 22 | 31 Jul 1968 [22] | Australian cricket team in England in 1968 Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Lost | 8 runs | DC Morgan 5-83; Mallett 5-69 |
| 23 | 03 Aug 1968 [23] | Leicestershire Ind Coope Ground, Burton-on-Trent | Drawn | Inman 108; PE Russell 5-50 | |
| 24 | 10 Aug 1968 [24] | Somerset Park Road Ground, Buxton | Won | 2 wickets | MH Page 117; DC Morgan 103 |
| 25 | 14 Aug 1968 [25] | Glamorgan County Ground, Derby | Drawn | ||
| 26 | 17 Aug 1968 [26] | Yorkshire Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford | Drawn | TJP Eyre 5-31; B Lewis 5-57 | |
| 27 | 21 Aug 1968 [27] | Middlesex Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood | Lost | 6 wickets | Parfitt 131; Titmus 5-41 |
| 28 | 24 Aug 1968 [28] | Yorkshire Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Drawn | Hampshire 100; Nicholson 5-40 | |
| 29 | 28 Aug 1968 [29] | Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | Won | 100 runs | A Ward 6-56 |
| 30 | 31 Aug 1968 [30] | Hampshire County Ground, Derby | Drawn | A Ward 5-50 | |
| List of matches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | V | Result | Margin | Notes |
| 1st Round | 25 May 1968 [31] | Sussex County Ground, Hove | Lost | 10 wickets | |
| Name | County Championship | Gillette Cup | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | M | I | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | |
| IR Buxton | 25 | 41 | 992 | 87 | 26.10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 |
| JR Eyre | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | ||||||
| TJP Eyre | 26 | 35 | 598 | 89 | 22.14 | 0 | ||||||
| PJK Gibbs | 27 | 48 | 1259 | 90 | 27.36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| IW Hall | 4 | 6 | 144 | 68 | 24.00 | 0 | ||||||
| JF Harvey | 27 | 42 | 1006 | 74* | 30.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| AB Jackson | 19 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 6.16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 0 | |
| CP Marks | 6 | 8 | 123 | 39 | 15.37 | 0 | ||||||
| DC Morgan | 21 | 34 | 955 | 103* | 39.79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 |
| MH Page | 24 | 44 | 1195 | 117 | 30.64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
| HJ Rhodes | 26 | 25 | 125 | 23 | 8.92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 |
| PE Russell | 8 | 7 | 41 | 17* | 6.83 | 0 | ||||||
| DHK Smith | 27 | 48 | 1347 | 117 | 29.93 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 32.00 | 0 |
| E Smith | 25 | 29 | 401 | 41* | 18.22 | 0 | ||||||
| GR Stephenson | 2 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 10.25 | 0 | ||||||
| FW Swarbrook | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4* | 0 | |||||||
| RW Taylor | 25 | 30 | 334 | 52 | 14.52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 |
| A Ward | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 [32] [33] | |
| Name | County Championship | Gillette Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | Ave | |
| IR Buxton | 2023 | 626 | 33 | 6-25 | 18.96 2 | 53 | 27 | 0 | ||
| JR Eyre | 42 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
| TJP Eyre | 2969 | 1438 | 45 | 5-31 | 31.95 2 | |||||
| PJK Gibbs | 149 | 77 | 2 | 2-54 | 38.50 | |||||
| JF Harvey | 36 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
| AB Jackson | 2738 | 987 | 46 | 4-27 | 21.45 | 18 | 3 | 0 | ||
| DC Morgan | 2001 | 694 | 27 | 4-33 | 25.70 | 59 | 20 | 0 | ||
| HJ Rhodes | 4308 | 1564 | 93 | 6-25 | 16.81 4 | 72 | 24 | 0 | ||
| PE Russell | 1272 | 489 | 16 | 5-50 | 30.56 1 | |||||
| E Smith | 5136 | 1899 | 80 | 6-57 | 23.73 7 | |||||
| FW Swarbrook | 180 | 54 | 4 | 2-10 | 13.50 | |||||
| A Ward | 701 | 308 | 26 | 6-56 | 11.84 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | [34] [35] | |
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